Comments on: Get Your Food Storage Now http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:28:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Survivalspothttp://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Survivalspot Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:02:32 +0000 http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-gear-equipment/food-storage/#comment-23 Pests are a huge problem, more so in warmer more humid environments. I find that food grade plastic and a good lid will protect your food from vermin, light, air etc. Pests are a huge problem, more so in warmer more humid environments. I find that food grade plastic and a good lid will protect your food from vermin, light, air etc.

]]> By: josh in philahttp://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-22 josh in phila Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:18:38 +0000 http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-gear-equipment/food-storage/#comment-22 that food storage photo suggests a vermin feast. I, too, started storing food, but even better packed than what I see in the photo. I live in a big city. My food was in large plastic boxes with lids that shut pretty tight but were not airtight. Don't ask me how they get in, but insects will get into anything not airtight and hard plastic. Weevils (larvae of moths) eat right through cardboard pasta boxes, plastic bagged pasta, into triple baggy'd rice, through foil surrounding bullion cubes. I have probably 50 lbs of dry goods that have been contaminated and will throw out. You can only see that your food is contaminated when the larvae grow into full size pantry moths and cant get out of the packaging. Look for tiny pinholes in packaging or something akin to spider webs inside packaging. Look for other near microscopic insects that are the size of pinheads. Learn from my mistakes: Use only airtight containers to store things in, like food grade buckets or barrels, and remove the oxygen with dry ice (look up how to do it). Check frequently for contamination and holes in cardboard boxes from vermin like mice. If you see any moths flying about, take quick action and assume much of your supply is contaminated. Set out mouse traps and pantry moth glue traps (available at hardware stores) for an indication of what's in your storage area. For all I know the insect eggs are there when the food is packaged. Don't assume your store is safe, check it now. Several months ago I found that mice had eaten through a cardboard box loaded with food and feasted on everything - Sugar, chocolate, rice all nibbled at, and about 15 packages of ramen noodles completely gone, luckily those noodles are only 25 cents a pack. that food storage photo suggests a vermin feast. I, too, started storing food, but even better packed than what I see in the photo. I live in a big city. My food was in large plastic boxes with lids that shut pretty tight but were not airtight. Don't ask me how they get in, but insects will get into anything not airtight and hard plastic. Weevils (larvae of moths) eat right through cardboard pasta boxes, plastic bagged pasta, into triple baggy'd rice, through foil surrounding bullion cubes. I have probably 50 lbs of dry goods that have been contaminated and will throw out. You can only see that your food is contaminated when the larvae grow into full size pantry moths and cant get out of the packaging. Look for tiny pinholes in packaging or something akin to spider webs inside packaging. Look for other near microscopic insects that are the size of pinheads. Learn from my mistakes: Use only airtight containers to store things in, like food grade buckets or barrels, and remove the oxygen with dry ice (look up how to do it). Check frequently for contamination and holes in cardboard boxes from vermin like mice. If you see any moths flying about, take quick action and assume much of your supply is contaminated. Set out mouse traps and pantry moth glue traps (available at hardware stores) for an indication of what's in your storage area. For all I know the insect eggs are there when the food is packaged. Don't assume your store is safe, check it now. Several months ago I found that mice had eaten through a cardboard box loaded with food and feasted on everything – Sugar, chocolate, rice all nibbled at, and about 15 packages of ramen noodles completely gone, luckily those noodles are only 25 cents a pack.

]]> By: body armorhttp://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-21 body armor Wed, 14 May 2008 10:40:01 +0000 http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-gear-equipment/food-storage/#comment-21 If food and gas will keep going up we will need much more than rice bags to save our ass ... If food and gas will keep going up we will need much
more than rice bags to save our ass …

]]> By: Survival Spothttp://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Survival Spot Fri, 09 May 2008 18:54:00 +0000 http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-gear-equipment/food-storage/#comment-20 Yeah and it sucks because it's not just "gas", if gas goes up everything goes up. More expensive clothes, cab rides, zoo fees you name it. Not to mention, I think we will see upward of 5 or 6 bucks a gallon here in the next couple years. Yeah and it sucks because it’s not just “gas”, if gas goes up everything goes up. More expensive clothes, cab rides, zoo fees you name it. Not to mention, I think we will see upward of 5 or 6 bucks a gallon here in the next couple years.

]]> By: Camelbakhttp://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Camelbak Fri, 09 May 2008 18:40:35 +0000 http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-gear-equipment/food-storage/#comment-19 @Igor thirty percent increase in basic food supplies? Holy cow! How can you possibly keep pace with that... I guess by the same token thats not far off from the jacked up fuel prices in the US right now. @Igor thirty percent increase in basic food supplies? Holy cow! How can you possibly keep pace with that… I guess by the same token thats not far off from the jacked up fuel prices in the US right now.

]]> By: Igor The Trollhttp://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Igor The Troll Thu, 01 May 2008 09:14:26 +0000 http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-gear-equipment/food-storage/#comment-18 Mike, you got it right, prices going up like crazy! I am in Japan now, and food staples are up around 30 percent. I like what you said on Cao blog. China with American style of capitalism is a disaster waiting to happen. Asian societies have always been community oriented, but once it is materialism driven, they would not know how to survive because Asians do not have individual survival skills of Westerners. I would not be surprised if Soylent Green is in the works for China! Mike, you got it right, prices going up like crazy!
I am in Japan now, and food staples are up around 30 percent.

I like what you said on Cao blog. China with American style of capitalism is a disaster waiting to happen. Asian societies have always been community oriented, but once it is materialism driven, they would not know how to survive because Asians do not have individual survival skills of Westerners.

I would not be surprised if Soylent Green is in the works for China!

]]> By: Liberty Ladyhttp://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Liberty Lady Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:26:00 +0000 http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-gear-equipment/food-storage/#comment-17 So I heard a news report yesterday that has me questioning the validity of these “food shortages” we’re hearing about so frequently these days. One of the reasons given for the shortages was that people with family overseas are buying up bags of rice and sending them to their families who experiencing shortages in the Philippines and elsewhere. Rice shortages in the Philippines? Are you kidding me? Aren’t they like one of the larges rice producers in the world? What seems a more likely scenario is those that stand to gain from creating false scarcity to drive up market prices are playing the free market game and playing it well. Just like those who own the oil refineries create false scarcity to drive up oil prices and reap the huge payoffs. Maybe I’ll throw my hat in the game and go buy up all the toilet paper in my neighborhood and have a garage sale! $5 a roll – who’s with me? So I heard a news report yesterday that has me questioning the validity of these “food shortages” we’re hearing about so frequently these days. One of the reasons given for the shortages was that people with family overseas are buying up bags of rice and sending them to their families who experiencing shortages in the Philippines and elsewhere. Rice shortages in the Philippines? Are you kidding me? Aren’t they like one of the larges rice producers in the world? What seems a more likely scenario is those that stand to gain from creating false scarcity to drive up market prices are playing the free market game and playing it well. Just like those who own the oil refineries create false scarcity to drive up oil prices and reap the huge payoffs. Maybe I’ll throw my hat in the game and go buy up all the toilet paper in my neighborhood and have a garage sale! $5 a roll – who’s with me?

]]> By: Tom Humeshttp://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/food-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Tom Humes Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:47:16 +0000 http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-gear-equipment/food-storage/#comment-16 Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you. Tom Humes Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you.

Tom Humes

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